Calibra

Calibra Expert Nutrition Sensitive review

Name: Calibra Expert Nutrition Sensitive
Brand: Calibra

66.9/100Good

DryAdult

A sensitive-stomach kibble that moves the protein from farmyard to fish. Salmon protein leads at 35%, with another 10% hydrolysed into fragments a reactive gut handles easily. Fish leads without being the only animal, which matters for anyone planning an exclusion diet. It finishes in our Good band.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Unsettled digestion, given the 10% hydrolysed salmon
Dogs moving off chicken as the main meat
Fussy eaters. Hydrolysed protein is a strong natural flavouring
Stiff or older adults, with glucosamine at 260 mg/kg and chondroitin sulphate at 160 mg/kg

Worth watching

Poultry fat and hydrolysed chicken liver lower down, so it cannot anchor a strict elimination trial
Sensitive is the maker's positioning, so a diagnosed condition still needs the vet's steer

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

66.9/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. Feed to the label to start, then let your dog's condition set the final portion.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Salmon

The score, in context

Calibra Expert Nutrition Sensitive 66.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

A generous declared fish share and a properly dosed supplement list keep it in step with the middle of the market.

What's in it

Salmon protein35%A dried concentrate, so it does not shrink in the oven.
Rice, brewer's rice26% riceThe binding starch.
Salmon protein hydrolysed10%Chopped into pieces a touchy gut handles easily, and dogs find the taste hard to refuse.
Poultry fat7%Energy, from no named bird.
Dried apple pulp, yeasts
Salmon oil3%Tops up the omega 3.
Hydrolysed chicken liver2%For flavour. Chicken by name, so not a chicken-free food.
Fulvic acid, MOS, beta-glucans, FOS0.2%, 120, 100, 70 mg/kgGut support, dosed in print.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate260, 160 mg/kg
Rosemary and thyme, Mojave yucca, inactivated LactobacillusYucca is the traditional stool-odour helper.

A full vitamin run from A to biotin and choline, with zinc, iron, manganese, copper and selenium in organic forms, each dosed.

Chicken liver and poultry fat on the label: not for a strict elimination trial.

Named ingredients

Salmon protein (35 %), rice (26 %), salmon protein hydrolysed (10 %), brewer's rice, poultry fat (7 %, preserved with tocopherols), apple pulp dried, salmon oil (3 %), yeasts, hydrolysed chicken liver (2 %), fulvic acid (0.2 %), prebiotics (mannan-oligosaccharides 120 mg/kg, β-glucans 100 mg/kg, fructo-oligosaccharides 70 mg/kg), glucosamine (260 mg/kg), dried rosemary & thyme (200 mg/kg), chondroitine sulphate (160 mg/kg), Mojave yucca (80 mg/kg), Lactobacillus acidophilus HA - 122 inactivated (15 × 109 cells/kg).

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

383 kcal/100g

Protein

26%

Fat

15%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

6.5%

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

28.6%

Fat

16.5%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

7.1%

Carbs

45.1%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

47%

Carbs

34.6%

Veg

3.3%

Oils

10%

Other

5.1%

Pricing & size